This last week, the first checks began hitting the mail as part of Dubya’s economic stimulus passage.  Washington can’t wait for this money to hit our pockets so that we can spend like the consuming Americans we are and hopefully turn the struggling economy around.  While this is what they would love for us to […]

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I came across the topic of reverse budgeting via www.fivecentnickel.com, and it is an interesting twist on the common way to manage income.  The premise is simple: instead of allocating every dollar of our income to specific categories, we determine exactly how much of it we want to save.  After that, anything is fair game.
 
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With the recent announcement of the US economic stimulus plan, millions of Americans will receive a one-time rebate check from the government.  While congress would love for us to spend every dime of it and pump some cash into the economy, that’s probably not the best personal finance decision. 
 
There’s absolutely no reason why you […]

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